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Documenting The 24 Hour Show |
 Photo by Christina Barr Work is a place where we develop shared experiences, where we learn the skills needed to do our jobs, and where we create an environment that is often personal and creative. Every job has its own lingo, its own tricks of the trade passed on from one worker to another, and its own unique skills and knowledge developed over years and generations of shared labor. In a radio series and exhibit The 24 Hour Show highlights this legacy of work through peoples’ stories as they describe what they do and why their work is meaningful to them. In contrast to our usual view of the city as a superficial playground, The 24 Hour Show presents a vision of Las Vegas as a diverse hometown peopled by residents from all walks of life and from all corners of the world, who bring unique and powerful stories about their work and life experiences to enrich the fabric of the city. The 24 Hour Show is a collaborative project between the Western Folklife Center and the Nevada State Museum & Historical Society in Las Vegas. Other partners include Nevada Public Radio, the City of Las Vegas Centennial Commission,  the working community of Las Vegas, and other statewide and local groups. The 24 Hour Show has been funded in part by the Las Vegas Centennial Commission.
Listen to The 24 Hour Show radio series in our Audio & Video section.  Photo by Christina Barr  Photo by Christina Barr  Photo by Christina Barr  Photo by Christina Barr  Photo by Ross Fuqua |
